Re: typed constants

P Padil via fpc-pascal <[email protected]> Fri, 2 Jan 2026 11:16:51 -0800

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.compilers.free-pascal.general
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Ok I should have read the error message, the problem is with the following declaration, not the first:
const
   tprob: double = 0.020000000;
   lprob: double = tprob/1e4;

If I remove the types then it compiles, with the types it says "Error: Illegal expression” on the second declaration.

> On Jan 2, 2026, at 10:57 AM, P Padil <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I attempted to use a typed constant:
> 
> const
> tprob : Double = 0.020;
> 
> But the compiler (3.2.2) balked as illegal expression.  Am i misreading section "2.2  Typed constants” in the reference manual?
> 
> Thanks,
> Pete


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